The young man took out two large account books in his baggage, spread them on the table, and gestured: "Steward Lin, you see, there are a lot of things going on in my shop, let's start now?" ”

Steward Lin nodded, and asked someone to bring a huge abacus, which was in the shape of an arc, compared with ordinary abacus, the number of digits was more than doubled, and the abacus beads hit each other with the wooden frame, making a sound of gold and stone, and it was not ordinary at first glance.

The young man was obviously here for the first time to reconcile accounts, and he was quite curious about this peculiar abacus, so he asked Steward Lin: "This abacus is the black jade abacus made by the golden finger tong of the ghost workshop?" ”

Steward Lin nodded, and said proudly: "The general abacus can only calculate seven digits, but this abacus can be counted as thirteen digits, no matter how difficult the number of Pinyufang is, I think, it can be solved." ”

The young man said suspiciously: "Is it difficult to calculate the number of Pinyufang?" As if to say to himself, "It's not too difficult, why don't I just figure it out in half a day?" ”

Steward Lin listened, looked at him with disbelief, and thought, young people, just love to brag, there are hundreds of branches across the country, countless accounts and accounts, he counted it out in one night, who believes it? I'm just going to check the total revenue of each store now, and I'm afraid it will take two or three hours to calculate. It's really unbelievable......

Steward Lin hated this young man a little, and thought to himself, anyone who loves to brag has no real ability, and it seems that I have to be right for these accounts today.

He didn't make a sound, looked at the account book on the table, opened to the first page, took the abacus, crackled, the young man is young in the end, Sihao didn't take his face seriously, he also walked to the table, saw him making calculations, and said casually: "Three thousand taels of silver, right?" ”

Steward Lin was stunned in his heart, because he had only made half of this account, how could this young man calculate it so quickly? He was silent, sped up, and finished the calculation, just three thousand taels, no more, no less......

He didn't believe that with the speed of his plan, he would lose to the young man's algorithm, he turned the page, played again, and only played a few lines, and the young man said: "This one, I lost two hundred taels of silver......

After Steward Lin finished fighting, the amount was the same as what the young man said, and he asked in surprise: "Have you counted all these accounts?" ”

The young man smiled and said, "No, I only calculated what I should have calculated, but don't we have to reconcile, of course, when you count, I will also calculate......"

Steward Lin was shocked, he didn't believe it, there were people who were so good at mental arithmetic. Steward Lin said: "You can calculate it without an abacus?" ”

The young man seemed to like to talk very much, he said: "Actually, this is not strange, my uncle taught me nine chapters of arithmetic since I was a child, and I myself read a lot of books about arithmetic, what grandson arithmetic, Xiahou Yang arithmetic, Zhou Ji arithmetic, etc., I saw the big one since I was a child, and I also pondered some algorithms by myself, just like learning treasure appreciation with the master in Pinyufang, everything, you have to have your own method, isn't it?" ”

Steward Lin felt the same way, and nodded again and again: "Yes, if you don't improve on the basis of your predecessors, how can you improve your skills?" ”

Sometimes, two people are intimate, only need one sentence to do, sometimes, say tens of thousands of sentences, but the two are still strangers, it seems that Steward Lin and this young man belong to the former, Steward Lin deeply felt that this young man's words won my heart, listening to his words, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: This old Cao, although his son is mediocre, but he is lucky to let him pick up such an excellent nephew. Thinking of himself again, he has no children and nephews, and he is alone, so he can't help but hurt himself.

The young man was accustomed to checking his words and feelings, and when he saw that he didn't know what sad things had aroused him, he didn't say anything, but he paced to the table, picked up the huge curved abacus placed on the table, tried it, and exclaimed: "This abacus is worthy of being made by a ghost workshop, the frame is made of sandalwood, and the abacus is made of fine black jade, but it is ......."

Steward Lin's abacus is his very proud collection, every person who reconciles the account, he always has to take it out to show off, the young man's previous words, he nodded again and again, very proud, but the latter sentence, "just ......" but his heart was raised, but the young man didn't talk about it.

Steward Lin hurriedly asked, "But what?" ”

The young man smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's actually nothing, you don't have to care......

The more the young man said this, the more suspicious Steward Lin became, and he said: "Little Brother Cao, the two of us hit it off at first sight, if you have anything to say, you must tell me, but you can't let me eat a big stuffy stick......

The young man smiled and said: "Steward Lin, in fact, it's really nothing, you and I hit it off at first sight, tell you about it, but it's defenseless, you must know that the things made by the ghost handicraft workshop are generally no more than ten pieces, and the beads of this abacus are carved from a whole piece of black jade at the bottom of Wuyi Mountain, this kind of abacus, due to the limitation of materials, only three pieces are made, as far as I know, there is one piece, which was snapped up by the three fingers of the god and the yang, and there is another one, which was purchased by the Si Nong official of Liang State with a lot of money, and the other one, It fell into the hands of Qin Baiqian, the housekeeper in the palace of King Xuan of Qi State......"

Steward Lin understood, this young man suspected that his thing was fake and shoddy, he looked unkind, and said, "What, do you suspect that my thing is fake?" ”

When the young man saw that his face was not good, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Where, where, this thing, it must not be fake, maybe I am mistaken......"

Steward Lin saw that he was admitting his mistake, he didn't feel that he was wrong on his face, but he didn't want to refute his old face and what he said.

Steward Lin was even more angry, and he said, "Young man, what is the matter, hurry up and say it, don't bother ......"

The young man smiled reluctantly and said, "Steward Lin, if I say something wrong, don't blame me?" ”

Steward Lin said, "What do you think of me?" He felt that the little affection he had for young people had vanished for a while.

The young man muttered, "Actually, it's not worth mentioning, but if I say it, the owner of the ghost workshop will be in trouble with me......"

Steward Lin's heart was even more bottomless, and he gradually felt as if he had been hacked by the boss of the ghost workshop?